Debra Jensen Bio
Debra Jensen is an American actress, glamour and nude model. She was born Debra Svensk on March 12, 1958, in Orange County, California. Playboy named her its January 1978 Playmate at 19. Her appearance came during Playboy's 1970s print era, when the magazine reached the height of its mass-market influence.
Jensen has natural breasts, blue eyes and blond hair. Her measurements are 36-24-35.
Her centerfold was shot by photographer Phillip Dixon, and within months Jensen was turned into one of the magazine’s cover faces — a quick follow-up that brought her editorial presence beyond the fold. That exposure crossed borders as well: she was featured as Playmate of the Month for the magazine’s Mexican edition the following March, a reminder that her look translated easily to international campaigns and licensing opportunities.
Off the glossy pages, Jensen’s life moved into rock‑and‑roll headlines when she became romantically involved with KISS drummer Peter Criss. The relationship culminated in marriage in December 1979; the couple had a daughter, Jennilee Criss, before separating in 1984. That chapter placed her in the tabloid orbit of late‑1970s celebrity: a mainstream model suddenly part of a high‑profile musician’s personal life.
Her commercial work kept one foot in everyday America — a national Coppertone campaign among her bookings — while later television appearances invited a different kind of audience to revisit those years. Guest spots on nostalgia‑minded programs gave viewers a look at the afterlife of a magazine model whose image had once been everywhere from newsstands to summer advertising.
Jensen’s path, modest in its early details and public in its later turns, reads as a late‑1970s American story of image and interruption: a model whose photographic collaborators, advertising clients, and a brief but public marriage moved her beyond a single issue and into a small, well‑shared slice of pop culture.
